Discuss any problems you foresee in attempting to use wikis to collaborate with other educators or for student use. Feel free to research this and reference sites.
Student use:
The apparent anonymity of student posting could lead to malicious postings.
The immediate posting when the save button is clicked doesn't leave time for teacher editing of things that shouldn't be there.
Time restraints.if it becomes "homework" using a wiki may become back burner
Mike here - I have realized that a wiki in a class room is totally for collaborative work. Individual work shouldn't be put on the wiki. Kids can see and edit each other's stuff.
One other problem? electricity isn't 100% reliable and the internet certainly isn't 100% reliable either.
Steph B-I like to use the discussion tab for individuals' work. That way kids can post their writing, and people can simply reply with suggestions or praise, and don't have access to edit.
Bri: I think a student's voice could get lost among the crowd in a wiki. Consensus or collaborative work could lead a student to feel as if they have been overwhelmed, as if their vote was drowned out and didn't matter because the "majority" disagreed. May not be something I'd use in a creative classroom because creative work is so personal/individualistic that to edit it - without the writer's consent or counsel - can lead to injury or insult.
"Wikis are great for Community Knowledge". A definition that I would certainly agree with, I must say, specially from a Knowledge Management and Social Computing perspective.
Resources (if any):
To return to Mrs. Rollans' wiki page, click "Mrs. Rollans' Class" at the top of the page. To return to the Class 2 wiki click here: Class 2.
Problems With Wikis
Discuss any problems you foresee in attempting to use wikis to collaborate with other educators or for student use. Feel free to research this and reference sites.
Student use:
The apparent anonymity of student posting could lead to malicious postings.
The immediate posting when the save button is clicked doesn't leave time for teacher editing of things that shouldn't be there.
Time restraints.if it becomes "homework" using a wiki may become back burner
Mike here - I have realized that a wiki in a class room is totally for collaborative work. Individual work shouldn't be put on the wiki. Kids can see and edit each other's stuff.
One other problem? electricity isn't 100% reliable and the internet certainly isn't 100% reliable either.
Steph B-I like to use the discussion tab for individuals' work. That way kids can post their writing, and people can simply reply with suggestions or praise, and don't have access to edit.
Bri: I think a student's voice could get lost among the crowd in a wiki. Consensus or collaborative work could lead a student to feel as if they have been overwhelmed, as if their vote was drowned out and didn't matter because the "majority" disagreed. May not be something I'd use in a creative classroom because creative work is so personal/individualistic that to edit it - without the writer's consent or counsel - can lead to injury or insult.
"Wikis are great for Community Knowledge". A definition that I would certainly agree with, I must say, specially from a Knowledge Management and Social Computing perspective.
Resources (if any):
To return to Mrs. Rollans' wiki page, click "Mrs. Rollans' Class" at the top of the page. To return to the Class 2 wiki click here: Class 2.